Evidence-Based, Whole-Person Care For Pregnant People Who Have Opioid Use Disorder (1 credit hour)
Program Summary: This course examines evidence-based, whole-person care for pregnant people with opioid use disorder. The course offers recommendations and guidance about OUD medication during pregnancy and highlights considerations for screening and assessment, changing pharmacotherapy during pregnancy, admission and discharge, polysubstance use, and treating the ‘whole person.’
This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.
Reading: Evidence-Based, Whole-Person Care For Pregnant People Who Have Opioid Use Disorder Publisher: SAMHSA
Course Objectives: To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by examining evidence-based, whole-person care for pregnant people who have opioid use disorder.
Learning Objectives: Identify barriers pregnant people face in seeking and receiving treatment for OUD. Describe key differences between medications to treat OUD during pregnancy. Describe guidance for providers about OUD medication use during pregnancy.
Review our pre-reading study guide.
G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course. She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience. She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City. She has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work. The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.
